Name: Haloarcula Torreblanca et al. 1986

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.ar’cu.la. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), the sea, salt; L. fem. dim. n. arcula, small box; N.L. fem. dim. n. Haloarcula, salt (-requiring) small box

Gender: feminine (stem: Haloarcul-)

Type species: Haloarcula vallismortis (González et al. 1979) Torreblanca et al. 1986

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Torreblanca M, Rodriguez-Valera F, Juez G, Ventosa A, Kamekura M, Kates M. Classification of non-alkaliphilic halobacteria based on numerical taxonomy and polar lipid composition, and description of Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1986; 8:89-99.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 22. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:573-576.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Haloarcula" Javor et al. 1982	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Halomicroarcula Echigo et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Oren et al. 2009 Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. Emended descriptions of genera of the family Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:637-642. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1259-1261.
  • Ma et al. 2024 Ma X, Hu Y, Li XX, Tan S, Cheng M, Hou J, Cui HL. Genome-based taxonomy of genera Haloarcula and Halomicroarcula, and description of six novel species of Haloarcula. Extremophiles 2024; 28:10.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 14 new species in the genus.
    • 🧍 As of 2024-01-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016. Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:565-587.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ventosa A. Genus II. Haloarcula Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986b, 573VP (Effective publication: Torreblanca, Rodriguez-Valera, Juez, Ventosa, Kamekura and Kates 1986a, 98). In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 305-309.
  • 🧕 Gupta et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Baker S. Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: a proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1050-1069.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Gonzalez C, Gutierrez C, Ramirez C. Halobacterium vallismortis sp. nov. An amylolytic and carbohydrate-metabolizing, extremely halophilic bacterium. Can J Microbiol 1978; 24:710-715.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Haloacrula"; "Haloanula"; "Hawarcula"; "Huloarcula"; "Ilaloarcula".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2024. Publication: Cui HL, Hou J, Amoozegar MA, Dyall-Smith ML, de la Haba RR, Minegishi H, Montalvo-Rodriguez R, Oren A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A, et al. Proposed minimal standards for description of new taxa of the class Halobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6290.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 28 June 2022, Alicante, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5584.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteria and subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 26 June 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3657-3661.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 16 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1405-1407.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the meeting 30 June 2010, Beijing, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:2257-2259.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae Minutes of the joint open meeting, 6 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2792-2795.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Arahal DR, Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteria and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 11 July 2017, Valencia, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4279-4283.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the joint open meeting, 23 May 2016, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4291-4295.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: . International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Nair GB, Holmes B. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:289-290.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ma et al. (2024), Oren et al. (2002), Zhang and Cui (2015). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 25; CGMCC: 13; ATCC: 8; DSM: 7; CECT: 5; NBRC: 4; CCM: 4; VKM: 4; CIP: 3; BCC: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "sp. (strain arg-1): 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HLAR" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • 🧍 Javor et al. [1] proposed the name "Haloarcula" but this name was not validly published [2]. Publication: Javor B, Requadt C, Stoeckenius W. Box-shaped halophilic bacteria. J Bacteriol 1982; 151:1532-1542.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 27
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 28
Total number of child taxa: 30

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Haloarcula amylolytica Yang et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula amylovorans Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula argentinensis Ihara et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula halobia Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula halophila Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula hispanica Juez et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula japonica Takashina et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula laminariae (Ma et al. 2023) Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula limicola (Zhang and Cui 2014) Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula litorea Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula mannanilytica Enomoto et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula marina (Ma et al. 2023) Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula marismortui (ex Volcani 1940) Oren et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Haloarcula morrhuae" Torreblanca et al. 1986	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Haloarcula mukohataei Ihara et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Haloarcula nitratireducens (Durán-Viseras et al. 2022) Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula ordinaria Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula pelagica Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula pellucida (Echigo et al. 2013) Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula quadrata Oren et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula rara Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula rubra (Durán-Viseras et al. 2022) Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula salaria Namwong et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula salina (Zhang and Cui 2015) Ma et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula salinisoli (Durán-Viseras et al. 2022) Ma et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula sebkhae Barreteau et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Haloarcula sinaiiensis" Torreblanca et al. 1986	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Haloarcula terrestris Straková et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula tradensis Namwong et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Haloarcula vallismortis (González et al. 1979) Torreblanca et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Haloarculaceae Gupta et al. 2016

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Naushad S, Fabros R, Adeolu M. A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:565-587.

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